Musée Thomas-Henry, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Name: Musée Thomas-Henry
Address: 22 Quai Napoleon, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France
Telephone: +33 2 33 23 39 33

#2 among attractions in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Top attraction, Museum, Art museum

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Musée Thomas-Henry, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Facts and practical information

The Musée des beaux-arts Thomas Henry is a museum at Cherbourg-en-Cotentin with around 300 artworks, mainly paintings from the 15th to 19th centuries. It has been rated as the third most important collection in Normandy. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 49°38'14"N, 1°37'23"W

Address

22 Quai NapoleonCherbourg-en-Cotentin France

Contact

+33 2 33 23 39 33

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Day trips

Musée Thomas-Henry – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cité de la Mer, Le Trident, Le Redoutable, Basilique Sainte-Trinité.

0.7 miN
Museum, Theme park, Aquarium
Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
18 min walk • The Cité de la Mer is a maritime museum in Cherbourg, France. The museum is in the cruise terminal of Cherbourg. This monument was built in 1933; it is one of the bigger art-deco monuments of today.
~180 ftN
Concerts and shows, Theater
Le Trident, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
1 min walk • Le Trident is a group of three theatres in the city of Cherbourg-Octeville, within the Manche department of Normandy, in northern France. The theatres were made a 'scène nationale' on 14 October 2002, after the merger of the Théâtre de Cherbourg-Scène Nationale and the Théâtre de la Butte-CCPO.
0.8 miN
Museum
Le Redoutable, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
20 min walk • Le Redoutable was the lead boat of her class of ballistic missile submarines in the French Marine Nationale. Commissioned on 1 December 1971, the boat was the first French SNLE.
~1750 ftN
Church
Basilique Sainte-Trinité, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
9 min walk • The Basilica Sainte-Trinité of Cherbourg is a Gothic basilica that stands on the delegated commune of Cherbourg-Octeville within the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, in the department of Manche, in the region of Normandy.
0.4 miSE
Botanical garden
Jardin botanique de la Roche Fauconnière, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
11 min walk • The Jardin botanique de la Roche Fauconnière is a private botanical garden located in the Parc de la Fauconnière, Cherbourg-Octeville, Manche, Normandy, France. The garden was created in 1870 or 1873 by Alfred Favier and maintained by subsequent family members Léon Favier and Dr. Charles Favier.
0.4 miSE
49°37'60"N • 1°36'59"W
Le Point du jour, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
11 min walk • Museum
~1140 ftN
Memorial
monument à Armand de Briqueville, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
6 min walk • Armand François Bon Claude, comte de Bricqueville, born at the family castle in Bretteville on January 23, 1785, died on March 19, 1844 in Paris, was a cavalry colonel in Napoleon's army and deputy of the Manche.
0.5 miSE
Memorial
War Memorial, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
12 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.
0.6 miSE
Museum, Forts and castles
Batterie du Roule, Cherbourg-Octeville
16 min walk • The Fort du Roule is a collection of French and German fortifications built in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on the Roule mountain in Cherbourg. The first fortifications were built in 1793 to protect the Bay of Cherbourg from English attacks.
0.4 miN
49°38'35"N • 1°37'27"W
Equestrian status of Napoleon, Cherbourg-Octeville
11 min walk • Memorial
1.2 miSW
Church
St. Martin's Church, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
31 min walk • The church of Saint-Martin is a Romanesque Catholic church of the twelfth century, which stands on the delegated commune of Cherbourg-Octeville within the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, in the department of Manche, in the Normandy region.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Musée Thomas-Henry?

Nearby attractions include Le Trident, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (1 min walk), monument à Armand de Briqueville, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (6 min walk), Basilique Sainte-Trinité, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (9 min walk), Jardin botanique de la Roche Fauconnière, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (11 min walk).

How to get to Musée Thomas-Henry by public transport?

The nearest stations to Musée Thomas-Henry:

Bus

Schuman • Lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, Cap Cotentin de Nuit Est, Cap Cotentin de Nuit Ouest (4 min walk)
Mendès France • Lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 (6 min walk)

Train

Cherbourg (8 min walk)

Ferry

Passerelle Cherbourg 6 (15 min walk)
Passerelle Cherbourg 4 • Lines: Cherbourg Dublin (24 min walk)